Personality
Which of your strengths you put forward
A forced-choice personality questionnaire in the OPQ32 style. Each block gives you three statements: you mark one Best describes me, one Somewhat describes me, and leave the third neutral. There is no scale to agree along and no way to endorse everything — you are always choosing what to put forward and what to leave out, and it is the leaving out that candidates get wrong. Your answers are placed against a profile of the traits air traffic control depends on, so this practice scores you against that profile and shows you, trait by trait, where you landed.
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What to expect
- Thirty blocks of three statements, untimed.
- One Best describes me and one Somewhat describes me per block; the third scores nothing.
- No position selector — this is the air traffic control profile throughout.
- A profile guide on the opening screen giving the target for every trait and the reason for it.
- Results showing your match to the profile trait by trait, and block-by-block review.
- No leaderboard and no sharing — a personality profile is not a score to rank, and the result is shown only to you.
What it measures
- Presenting genuine strengths in the terms the role is assessed on
- Judging which of two good qualities matters more here
- Recognising which statements to leave neutral
Instructions
- 1Do not claim what is not true of you — consistency checks and the interview will find it. The task is choosing which of the true things to put first.
- 2When two statements both describe you, promote the one the role depends on: precision, composure, following through, deciding quickly, working from figures.
- 3Anything that sounds anxious goes in the neutral slot, every time, whatever it is up against.
- 4Read the profile guide before you start. Knowing what the role wants is most of the work.
Tips
- Worry is the trait to get right above all others. A worry statement left neutral scores nothing, which is exactly what you want it to score.
- Rule following is wanted near-absolutely in normal operations — but a controller must still act on judgement in a genuine emergency.
- Socially confident is wanted at high average, not maximum: this is professional clarity on frequency, not being outgoing for its own sake.
- Neutral traits — competitive, outgoing, persuasive — are not penalised, but a choice spent on one is a choice not spent on a trait that counts.
Personality
A forced-choice questionnaire on work style and temperament: you are shown statements about yourself and choose which is most and least like you. It is scored and it counts toward your composite result.
It cannot usefully be gamed. The same traits are approached repeatedly from different directions, so a constructed profile comes out inconsistent — and inconsistency is more visible than any single answer. Answer honestly and at pace. It is also worth knowing what the profile says: a poor match for the temperament the role demands is information you want before you commit years to training.
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